Begin Chat File Upload

POST /chat/beginfileupload/

Starts an upload of an image file to chat.

Rate limits

No known rate limit

Request

Authenticated: Yes

Method: POST

Host: steamcommunity.com

Path: /chat/beginfileupload/

Query Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
l	string	No	Language

Form Data:

Name	Type	Required	Description
sessionid	string	Yes	The value of the sessionid cookie
file_size	number	Yes	The size of the file in bytes
file_name	string	Yes	The file name, e.g. 1699999999999_image.png
file_sha	string	Yes	The SHA-1 hash of the file
file_image_width	number	Yes	The width of the image in pixels
file_image_height	number	Yes	The height of the image in pixels
file_type	string	Yes	The MIME type of the image (image/jpeg, image/png or image/gif)
l	string	No	Language

Response

200 OK

Name	Type	Description
success	number	Whether the request was successful
hmac	string	The signature to send to commitfileupload
timestamp	number	The Unix timestamp of the upload, to send to commitfileupload
result	object	The upload destination
result.ugcid	string	The ID of the uploaded file
result.url_host	string	The host the file must be uploaded to
result.url_path	string	The path the file must be uploaded to
result.use_https	boolean	Whether the file must be uploaded over HTTPS
result.request_headers[]	array	Headers to send with the upload
result.request_headers[].name	string	The header name
result.request_headers[].value	string	The header value

401 Unauthorized

Name	Type	Description
success	number	The error code (112 = LimitedUserAccount)
message	string	The error message

Example

POST https://steamcommunity.com/chat/beginfileupload/?l=english

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